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9780192632890: A life course approach to women's health: 1 (Life Course Approach to Adult Health)
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ISBN 10: 0192632892 ISBN 13: 9780192632890
Editorial: OUP Oxford, 2002

Sinopsis

A thought provoking, challenging discussion linking women's experiences throughout their lives to their health in mid-life and beyond

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Críticas

Such a mind-expanding volume as this can be read by any professional involved with women's health and of course our women patients themselves... this 5-star volume should be required reading for everyone who has any association with and concern for women and their health. (Journal of the British Menopause Society)

This work presents comprehensive women's health information in a most welcome fashion . . . Practitioners with a strong interest in epidemiology will find the book quite fascinating. (Doody's Journal)

This book is a fountain of wisdom with a world view of evidence-based data on women's health past, present and future. (Family Practice, Vol 20, No 3)

This book is another fine example of the application of both individual and population-level course thinking . . . the book is comprehensive, intellectually stimulating, and well organized, and offers a wealth of resources on life course approaches to women's health. I highly recommend it as a most valuable addition to any epidemiological library. (International Journal of Epidemiology)

Reseña del editor

How far is the health of middle aged and older women shaped by biological, social, and psychological processes that begin in pre-natal development, childhood, adolescence, or early adult life? Do health risks gradually accumulate over the life course or do experiences as a child and young adult have interactive effects on health in midlife and beyond? Are women now reaching middle age in better health than previous generations? A group of international experts critically review the latest scientific evidence on biological and social factors at each stage of life that have long-term effects on reproductive outcomes, breast cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, musculoskeletal ageing, depression, body weight and body dissatisfaction. There is growing evidence that the sources of risk to physical and mental health occur across the course of life, not just in adult life, and in some instances reach right back to pre-natal development, or the previous generation. Contributors draw on their varied expertise in epidemiology, endocrinology, physiology, developmental psychology, sociology, and anthropology to identify the pathways that link early life experiences, reproductive events, adult lifestyle and lifetime socio-economic circumstances to later health. A Life Course Approach looks for connections between development and ageing, and between the childhood and adult social environment. It is scientifically interesting, conceptually and methodologically challenging, inherently interdisciplinary, and policy relevant. This thoughtful book will appeal to all with a professional or personal interest in understanding the origins of women's health.

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Editorial
OUP Oxford
Año de publicación
2002
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0192632892
ISBN 13 
9780192632890
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
436
Editor
Kuh Diana
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